H.B. No. 4310
AN ACT
relating to a school district's scope and sequence for subjects in
the required curriculum for public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0027 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0027. DISTRICT CURRICULUM SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. (a)
In adopting a recommended or designated scope and sequence for a
subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a
particular grade level, a school district shall ensure sufficient
time is provided for teachers to teach and students to learn the
essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade level.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district
may not penalize a teacher who does not follow a recommended or
designated scope and sequence for a subject in the required
curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a particular grade level
based on the teacher's determination that the teacher's students
need more or less time in a specific area to demonstrate proficiency
in the essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade
level.
(c) A school district may take appropriate action with
respect to a teacher for conduct described by Subsection (b) based
on documented evidence of a deficiency in classroom instruction
obtained through observation or substantiated and documented
third-party information.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the House on April
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4310 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 8,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor